MODULE SPECIFICATION FORM
Module Title: Power Electronics and Drive
Systems
Level:
Module code: ENG750 Cost Centre:
Trimester(s) in which to be offered: T2
GSAC
With effect from:
7 Credit Value:
JACS3 code: H630
September 2015
20
Office use only:
To be completed by AQSU:
Date approved:
Date revised:
Version no:
September 2015
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1
Existing/New: New Title of module being replaced (if any):
ENGM12 Advanced Power Electronic and Electric Drives
Originating School: Applied Science,
Computing & Engineering
Module duration (total hours):
200 hrs
40 hrs Scheduled learning & teaching hours
Independent study hours 160 hrs
Placement hours 0 hrs
Module
Leader:
Status: core/option (identify programme where appropriate):
Programme(s) in which to be offered: Pre-requisites per programme (between levels):
MSc Electrical Power Engineering
Dr Yuriy Vagapov
Core

Module Aims:

Build upon analytical skills and knowledge gained in previous studies and thus to further dev elop students’ abilities relating to design, analysis and evaluation of power electronic and electric drive systems for different industrial applications.

Extend the students to develop electric drive control strategies and to consider the electric drive as a complex structure in which electrical machine, power electronics and control system interact with each other.
Intended Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and understanding:
On completion of this module, the student should be able to:
1. Analyse the operation of power semiconductor devices and their application in power electronics and electric drive systems;
2. Design of an advance power electronic convertors including dc/dc convertors and ac inverters;
3. Evaluate the performance of a power electronic converters under different conditions;
4. Apply methods and procedures for electrical machines selection and their control system design;
5. Design and evaluate of dc and ac electric motor drives including the control systems.
Transferable/Key Skills and other attributes:
1. Communication
2. ICT Technologies
3. Time management and organisation
4. Interpersonal skills
5. Problem solving
6. Information handling including numeracy

Assessment:
Assessment One: A coursework which requires the student to interpret, specify, design, implement and evaluate a typical motor drive system and its components.
Assessment Two: A two-hour examination at the end of the module.
Please note that a derogation from academic regulations is in place for this module for students on all MSc programmes listed above; students are required to achieve an overall module mark of at least 50% with a minimum mark of 40% in each assessment element.
Assessment number
Learning
Outcomes to be met
Type of assessment
One
Two
2, 5
1, 3, 4
Coursework
Examination
Weighting Duration (if exam)
50 %
50 %
N/A
2 hours
Word count
(or equivalent if appropriate)
2000
N/A
Learning and Teaching Strategies:
The module will be delivered mainly through lead lectures and student-driven investigative work. A significant amount of the content is to be achieved through individual study. The study time will be made up from formal lectures, small group of tutorials and to individual study but also with access to lab/computer facilities, for practical and analytical activities. Where appropriate, guest lectures and seminars with invited researchers and individualist will also be incorporated.
Syllabus outline:
Power Electronics Fundamentals : Principles of operation of power semiconductor devices;
Power loss in power semiconductors; Cooling of power semiconductors and heat-sink design; Rectifies, convertors and invertors; Control and protection of power electronic devices; Pulse width modulation (PWM); Industrial applications e.g. switching mode power supplies, frequency invertors, etc.
Electrical Machines and Drives: Principles of operation and characteristics of ac and dc electrical machines; Power losses and efficiency; Mechanical requirements for electric drives; Static and dynamic performance; Rotary-to-linear motion; Gears;
Types of mechanical loads; Thermal management and motor selection.
Motor Control: Principles of ac and dc motor control; Control of speed, torque and position;
Field-oriented control; Current control; Flux estimators and observers; Direct torque control; Field-weakening operation; Sensorless control. Vector control of inductionmotor drives; Mathematical description of vector control; Space vector pulse-widthmodulated inverters
Electric Drive Systems: Integration of electrical motors and power electronics; Model-based analysis and design; Performance of open-loop and closed-loop systems; Dynamic analysis of ac and dc motor drives using Matlab/Simulink.

Bibliography
Essential reading:
Rashid, M. (2013) Power Electronics: Devices, Circuits, and Applications . 4th edn. Pearson.
Hughes, A. (2013) Electric Motors and Drives: Fundamentals, Types and Applications , 4th edn.
Newnes.
Chapman, S. (2011) Electric Machinery Fundamentals . 5th edn. McGraw-Hill.
Other indicative reading:
Hart, D.W. (2010) Power Electronics . McGraw Hill.
Mohan, N. (2014) Advanced Electric Drives: Analysis, Control, and Modeling Using
MATLAB/Simulink . Wiley.